Kansas City area sawyer

I’m looking around in the Kansas City Mo area for another sawyer. My guy hasn’t got much due to a heavy rainy season this spring and he is only drying some special order stuff so I need to find some other places to get walnut, maple and other assorted area woods.

Any help appreciated.

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If you are willing to take a drive, Hawley Lumber in Elsmore, KS has a great selection of material at really good prices. Contact George Hawley to set an appt. If you google the company and city the number will come up.

I was there about a month ago and his inventory is rather impressive and he is willing to deal on quantity purchases.

RusselAP,If you don’t mind the drive to Columbia, I can put you in touch with my guy. You won’t find it cheaper. Walnut is 1.50-2.50 a board foot and its all clear and planed!! He has all native species-even the ones you wont find anywhere else like box elder and honey locust. There is also a guy in Boonville that sells it dirt cheap like .50 cents to 1.00 a bd ft. But it is all rough cut and live edge stuff. He sells it by the log. I bought a cherry log from him and had to cut off the last two feet or so from every board because of borer damage. But at .25 cents a bd ft I paid for it I can’t complain. Also he will custom cut anything and has a lot of thicker 8/4 and 12/4 stuff.

mporter, I’ve got a sawyer in Grandview who has the rest of my walnut in his yard, but hasn’t had time to cut it because of the rain this spring and the special orders he fell behind on. I think he should build a bigger kiln myself. The one up north in Weston has a huge kiln full of wood. I couldn’t even see the end of the room.

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